This is a coin that occurs quite frequently in nice condition. While going through the collection, in a semi-feudal effort to organize it, I came...
After rummaging through the boxes last night, and giving up, I was able to locate my other cast Roman Republic coin, a quadrans from 280-276 BC....
Throughout the better part of my life I have always been attracted to ideas of what constitutes the ideas of beauty, that which appeals to the...
I paid a premium for this coin, but it was worth the cost. This is one of the nicer imitation tetradrachms that I have seen in a while - good...
This is a coin that I posted a month or so ago. This is a fourré tetradrachm patterned on the Attica tetradrachm of the 4th century BC. It came...
“This was the greatest event in the war, or, in my opinion, in Greek history; at once most glorious to the victors, and most calamitous to the...
If you have a shipment, domestic or international, that is experiencing delay, here is a link to the form available on the USPS website that...
I'm going through the boxes, separating the ancients from other coins, mostly world, and I came across this interesting sestertius that I...
Egypt? Sabakes? 16.2 grams, 21.5 mm, 9 h. [ATTACH]
Here's an earlier tetradrachm of Caracalla, from Antioch. Unlike the coin that I posted yesterday, this example is almost at the opposite end of...
Here's a coin dating back to the early 90s, purchased from a local coin dealer. I have looked high and low trying to nail down the mint for this...
Earlier this year I posted a really bad image of a tetradrachm of Caracalla, Tyre Mint. Here are better images. The hair style is unusual....
Here's a coin that I got as part of lot of Byzantine bronzes last year. It is a half follis of Justinian I. What makes this coin different...
From the slightly unhinged mind that brought you Athena and the frog, now comes Athena and Nike (sort of). This is a tetradrachm that I picked up...
Last December I received two uncleaned "as found" tetradrachms that were clearly fourré coins. Both were very encrusted, so much to the point...
Here's a follis that I picked up earlier this year. This coin was issued by Byzantine Emperor Alexius I (1081-1118 CE). I am not familiar with...
Here is an imitation follis, or fals from AH 41-77 or 661-697 CE, that I acquired last July. As you can see, it parallels the design of the...
As the covid-19 pandemic proceeds, along with all of the known unknowns and unknown unknowns, and daily reports of cases and deaths, I came across...
This is actually a post to a previous thread. PBS/WNET has a long-running series, Secrets of the Dead, that features episodes that you might find...
Take the nose. An extension of the face, I suppose To breath the perfumed air of the rose Or snort indignantly as one chose. It’s perched in noble...
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